Because of his 20 years of experience in the water industry, Hiltunen had the
experience to know what he wanted to get out of his new meters and meter reading system. And so the search began to find the meter that would fit his needs. Focusing on solid-state water meters, he considered all the manufacturers, and then discovered the Kamstrup AMR and flowIQ® water meters. “Finding Kamstrup was great for us, it’s the kind of system we were looking for. The meters are radio-read and solid-state, and the price point was right where it needed to be,” comments Hiltunen.
With the Kamstrup drive-by meter reading system, the time it takes to read meters has been significantly reduced. “It used to take us two guys and two weeks to read meters, but now we read meters with one guy in one day,” says Hiltunen. He calculates that Ira Township Water is saving hundreds of dollars in labor costs and that the benefits of having workers focus on tasks other than meter reading is beneficial to their operations.
- Chris Hiltunen, Ira Township DPS Superintendent
department reviewed the account history and realized how low the meter reads were with the old meter. “With the Kamstrup water meter, which is 100% accurate, we gained 100% in revenue for this account.” For a small utility, being able to capture revenue for all the water you deliver is key to running a healthy water system.